The US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) became the first intelligence agency to host an operational capability within Amazon Web Services' Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) environment after Lockheed Martin deployed the interactive map for NGA's Map of the World to the C2S environment. The Map of the World initiative acts as an interface for NGA's most comprehensive and accurate geospatial intelligence data
Lockheed Martin announced Sunday that it has opened a new innovation centre in Abu Dhabis Masdar City to provide advanced security solutions to the United Arab Emirates. The Centre for Innovation and Security Solutions (CISS) is the first of its kind outside the United States, the company said in a statement
Airbus Group and Safran have announced the creation of their new Joint Venture named Airbus Safran Launchers. With an initial workforce of around 450, starting operations on 1 January 2015, Airbus Safran Launchers will maintain the outstanding level of quality and reliability of Ariane 5, while working on a new family of state-of-the-art space launchers to foster Europes leading role in the space industry
Dassault systems announced today that it has renewed its ongoing technical partnership with Solar Impulse to develop the next phases of the solar-powered, round the world airplane project. The Solar Impulse 2 airplane uses Dassault Systems 3DEXPERIENCE platform, including its CATIA and ENOVIA applications, to design, build, and validate this second solar airplane
US intelligence agencies along with their British counterparts allegedly wiretap undersea cables, particularly those passing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian/Arabian Gulf. The cables are used by telecommunication companies like Vodafone and tapped to conduct mass surveillance programs, according to new secret documents leaked by hacker Edward Snowden
Regin, a top-tier espionage tool that enables stealthy surveillance, was used to spy on governments, businesses, researchers and individuals since 2008, Symantec said in its official blog post today. An advanced piece of malware, known as Regin, has been used in systematic spying campaigns against a range of international targets since at least 2008
The military cooperation agreement signed this week between Pakistan and Russia will allow Moscow to strengthen its arms exports in the region. The agreement comes months after Russia was demoted to second place by the US as Indias largest weapons supplier
Raytheon announced Monday that two new commercial satellites will carry sensor payloads developed by the company to deliver images of unprecedented depth and detail. Raytheon's hyperspectral imaging technology captures light across a wide swath of the electromagnetic spectrum, giving commercial, civilian and military analysts important new insights into Earthly phenomena
General Dynamics has won three contracts worth $311 million for the Canadian defense forces that include providing Mercury Global anchor stations and surveillance system for light armored upgrade vehicles, the company announced Thursday. Two of these contracts are worth CDN $59
General Dynamics C4 Systems' Trusted Network Environment (TNE), version 11-S cyber-defense software, is now being used by the U.S